I had to play many of these games in secrecy when I was younger and I’ll never forget booting up Doom from a Dos Prompt. If your mom ever catches you playing these games you’ll probably be grounded - or worse, you’ll lose your dessert. The games that make this list are known for their extreme and gruesome violence or sexual content. Some of these games have been banned in countries. But the one common thing about these games is they’re all great.
People who think video games cause violence, or worse, clearly don’t understand them. Playing a violent video, or a game with strong sexual content, is no different than reading a book with same. You never hear studies that say, “Reading book cause violence”. Yet, what’s the difference? Sounds like a post for another day, let’s check out these 10 video games that your mother doesn’t want you playing:
10) Splatterhouse 3
Wikipedia:
Splatterhouse 3 is the title of a video game released by Namco for the Mega Drive/Genesis in 1993. It is the sequel to Splatterhouse 2 and was one of the first games to be given a rating by Sega’s own Videogame Rating Council. In North America the game was given a MA-13 rating by the council for its graphic violence and gore. Unlike its predecessors, it was never released in Europe.
9) Gears of War
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The game focuses on the soldiers of Delta Squad as they fight to save the human inhabitants of the fictional planet Sera from a relentless subterranean enemy known as the Locust Horde. The player assumes the role of Marcus Fenix, a former prisoner and war-hardened soldier. The game is based on the use of cover and strategic fire for the player to advance through the scenarios; a second player can play cooperatively through the main campaign to assist. The game also features several online multiplayer game modes for up to eight players.
8) Crime Life: Gang Wars
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Crime Life: Gang Wars is a video game released for PC, PlayStation 2 and Xbox. The game is a fictionalized simulation of gang wars, with the game play focused on street fights involving many gang members at once. Weapons include baseball bats, lead pipes, hammers and guns. The game includes over 25 story-mode missions, as well as some free-play missions. Free roam is also available as in the popular Grand Theft Auto series. The areas are relatively small but can prove useful when trying to locate your fellow gang members. The game features harsh language and violence is definitely a staple of it. The game’s music is all hip-hop, reflecting the urban and hip-hop atmosphere of the game.
7) Lula 3D
Wikipedia:
Lula 3D is a 3D installment in the Lula series, released in 2005 (Germany) and 2006 (rest of world). It is primarily an adventure game. Set in the USA, the game sees Lula track down a group of acting triplets who have disappeared from her joint mansion/adult film set.
6) Manhunt
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Manhunt is a third-person stealth horror game. The game consists of twenty levels, and four bonus levels that can be unlocked;[5] the levels are referred to as “Scenes”. Players survive the Scenes by dispatching enemy gang members known as “Hunters”, occasionally with firearms but primarily by stealthily executing them in gruesome over-the-top ways.
5) Postal 2
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Postal 2 (styled as Postal²) is a first-person shooter video game by Running with Scissors, and it is the sequel to the 1997 game Postal. Both are intentionally highly controversial due to high levels of violence and stereotyping. Unlike its predecessor, Postal 2 is played completely in first-person based on the Unreal Graphics Engine. Due to its graphic nature the game has been banned in Australia and several other places.
4) Dead or Alive Xtreme Beach Volleyball
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Dead or Alive Xtreme Beach Volleyball (DOAX) is a beach volleyball game by Tecmo released in 2003 for the Xbox video game console. Showcasing the graphics capabilities of the Xbox, it received late-teen ratings in most regions for its depictions of busty women in skimpy bikinis both on and off the beach. Unlike the previous games in the Dead or Alive series, it is a sports game as opposed to a fighting game.
3) Doom
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Doom (often typeset as DOOM) is a landmark 1993 first-person shooter computer game by id Software. It is widely recognized for having popularized the first person shooter genre, pioneering immersive 3D graphics as well as true third dimension spatiality, networked multiplayer gaming, and support for customized additions and modifications (called “WADs”). Its graphic and interactive violence, as well as its Satanic imagery, also made it the subject of considerable controversy.
2) Leisure Suit Larry
Wikipedia:
Leisure Suit Larry is a series of adventure games written by Al Lowe and published by Sierra from 1987 to 2009. The character, whose full name is Larry Laffer, is a balding, dorky, double entendre-speaking, leisure suit-wearing (but still somewhat lovable) “loser” in his 40s. The games follow him as he spends much of his life trying (usually unsuccessfully) to seduce attractive women.
1) Grand Theft Auto
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The gameplay consists of a mixture of action, adventure, driving, and occasional role-playing, stealth and racing elements and has gained controversy for its adult nature and violent themes. The series focuses around many different protagonists who attempt to rise through the ranks of the criminal underworld, although their motives for doing so vary in each game. The antagonists are commonly characters who have betrayed the protagonist or their organization, or who has the most impact impeding their progress.
